Higher Education Expert Witnesses

LOS ANGELES, California

Investigation, Employment - Sufficiency of Investigation, Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Title VI, Human Rights, Title IX, EEO, Title VII, Religious Discrimination, Death Penalty, Mitigation, Whistleblower, Retaliation, Higher Education, Health Care, Corrections, Police & Fire, Faculty, Law Enforcement

Bio for Expert Witness: Keith Rohman, AWI-CH, is a nationally recognized expert in civil, criminal, workplace, and Title IX investigations. Since founding Public Interest Investigations, Inc. in 1984, he has led hundreds of high-profile investigations involving board members, executives, staff, contractors, and other stakeholders facing allegations such as embezzlement, conflicts of interest, wage and hour violations, discrimination, wrongful termination, and other serious misconduct across public agencies and private sector organizations. Rohman has conducted and overseen Title IX investigations involving sexual assault and misconduct allegations at dozens of colleges, universities, and K–12 districts throughout the Western United States. He also served as principal investigator for U.S. attorneys representing victims tortured at Abu Ghraib prison in litigation against military contractors. His investigative work includes involvement in the Rodney King case, the El Monte Thai gar...

Durango, Colorado

Education & Schools, Employment - Higher Education, Faculty Affairs, Due Process, Tenure and Promotion, Faculty Termination, Administrator Termination, Non-Renewal of Faculty, Policy Compliance, Faculty Contracts, Administrative Decision-Making, Wrongful Termination (Higher Education), Employment Litigation (Higher Education), Breach of Contract

Dr. Steven Elias serves as an expert witness in higher-education litigation involving tenure and promotion, faculty and administrator terminations or non-renewals, due-process claims, policy and procedure compliance, and institutional grievance processes. His work focuses on evaluating the reasonableness of institutional decision-making, adherence to governing policies, and alignment with accepted practices in higher education. Dr. Elias currently serves as a sitting Dean at an AACSB accredited public university, where he has direct responsibility for faculty personnel decisions, including hiring, contract renewal and non-renewal, workload assignments, tenure and promotion decisions, and administrative roles. His experience includes interpreting and applying institutional policies, managing institutional decision making processes, and making decisions under budgetary, performance, and organizational constraints. His expertise includes distinguishing between administrative discretio...

Jacksonville, Florida

Education & Schools, School Safety - school evaluation, sexual abuse, child custody school evaluation, school standards of care, school safety, education standards of care, school related accidents, education, higher education, secondary education, elementary education, playground accidents, athletics and recreation

William L. Bainbridge, Ph.D., FACFE, is a forensic education expert with extensive experience in school, college and preschool related accidents, incidents & sexual abuse/sexual assault and educational evaluation for child custody. He has been court qualified as a schooling and education standards/policy expert in over 30 states. President and CEO of the SchoolMatch® Institute and Distinguished Research Professor at The University of Dayton, he is the former superintendent of three school districts in Ohio and Virginia and served on the executive staff of the Ohio Department of Education.

Durham , North Carolina

School Safety, Police Practices & Procedures - Campus public safety, Police administration, Higher education, Traffic stops, Clery act, Law Enforcement data c, Law Enforcement staffing, Law-enforcement policies and procedures, Drug investigations, Police technical practices, Use of force, Law Enforcement policy and procedure, CALEA accreditation

Qualifications and Background Mr. Perry retired in September 2021 from the University of North Carolina (UNC) Police Department in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where he served as Assistant Vice Chancellor for Safety and Chief of Police for two years. Before this role, he was the Assistant Vice President for Campus Safety and Chief of Police at the Florida State University (FSU) Police Department from 2006 to 2019. From 2003 to 2006, Mr. Perry held the position of Deputy Chief of Police at Clemson University, ultimately serving as Acting Chief of Police prior to his departure. He was also a contributor to the Final Report of The President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing, published in May 2015. At the age of 26, Mr. Perry became the Chief of Police and Director of Public Safety at Albany State University in Albany, Georgia. In this capacity, he was responsible for all facets of public safety, including staffing, budgeting, training, policy development, equipment procur...